Thompson, Richard Vickers, 1LT

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Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1968-1969, 1542, 9th Infantry Division

Service Years
1966 - 1969

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1947

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Casualty Info

Home Town Scott Field	Last Address Auburn, California

Casualty Date Jan 27, 1967
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Kien Hoa (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Golden Gate National Cemetery (VA) - San Bruno, California	Wall/Plot Coordinates 14E 089 / C, 45-D

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1967, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	1969, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

1968-1969, E Company, 50th Infantry (LRP)

From Month/Year November / 1968	To Month/Year January / 1969
Unit E Company, 50th Infantry (LRP) Unit Page
Rank First Lieutenant	MOS Not Specified
Base, Fort or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	E Company, 50th Infantry (LRP) Details
	Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
	Type Infantry
	Parent Unit Infantry Units	Strength Company
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Jan 27, 2021

Yearbook

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15 Members Also There at Same Time

E Company, 50th Infantry (LRP)

Bain, Jeffrey, 1LT, (1966-1970)	IN	11A	First Lieutenant
Knight, Charles, 1SG, (1967-1988)	IN		First Sergeant
Cho, Herbert Pok Dong, SSG, (1966-1968)	IN	11B10	Staff Sergeant
DiSciascio, Sal, SSG, (1966-1969)	IN	11F40	Staff Sergeant
Dunlop, Johnston Ebenezer, SSG, (1959-1968)	IN	11B30	Staff Sergeant
Mason, Roman Gale, SGT, (1967-1969)	SC	36K20	Sergeant
Loehlein, Robert John, CPL, (1967-1968)	IN	11B10	Corporal
Niver, John, SP 5, (1967-1969)	IN	11F40	Specialist 5
Bellwood, Richard Roy, SP 4, (1967-1969)	IN	11B20	Specialist 4
Harter, Ralph, SP 4, (1967-1969)			Specialist 4
Lizotte, Warren Godfrey H., SP 4, (1968-1969)	IN	11B20	Specialist 4
Moore, Leon David, SP 4, (1968-1969)	IN	11B10	Specialist 4
Weston, Marshall, SP 4, (1967-1969)	IN	11B10	Specialist 4
Winkler, Gary, SP 4, (1968-1969)	IN	11F40	Specialist 4
House, George Jonathan, PFC, (1966-1968)	IN	11B10	Private First Class